CFFP #10 The Power of Your Perspective ft. Andy Andrews

Welcome to another episode of the Conversations for Financial Professionals podcast where we are shaping the next generation of financial advice.

Today we have Andy Andrews. Andy is the author of more than 25 books that have been translated into more than 40 languages among those are several New York Times bestsellers including "The Traveler's Gift" which has was named one of the Five Books You Must Read in Your Lifetime by ABCs Good Morning America. Andy also works as a consultant to many Fortune 500 companies and is one of my favorite authors (I have 7 of your books in my personal library). I think you are one of the foremost authorities on mindset and just a sage when it comes to discussing the topic of perspective.

Show Highlights:

• Andy talks about perspective and why it is a key attribute for financial advisors. (6:42)
• Andy discusses his biggest obstacle that prevents viewing things from different angles. (10:17)
• Andy discusses some tangible steps on how to personally develop what Jones called a gift in Andy’s book The Noticer and The Noticer Returns. (10:56)
• Andy gives us some insights on some of his most quoted statements over the years, what they mean, and the philosophy behind them. (21:05)

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Conversation Transcript:

00:00:02
Dominique
Welcome to conversations for financial professionals, a podcast to help shape the next generation of financial advice. I'm your host, Dominique Henderson. And today we have Andy Andrews. One of those individuals that will immediately go into your list of favorites. He is an author of many bestsellers. Today we were able to break into the power of your perspective. How do you gain perspective? What are some of the things that are tangible steps that allow you to see things from different angles to maybe pull you out of a spot that you are currently in, that you don't like? And I get some time to unpack several brain food quotes made famous by Mr. Andrews. This is definitely a podcast episode. You don't want to miss it. We get into so many things, and I know you're going to leave today empowered to become that financial professional, to serve your client at the next level, let's get to the conversation.

00:01:01
Dominique
Welcome to another episode of the conversations for financial professionals podcast, where we are shaping the next generation of financial advice. And today we have Mr. Andy Andrews, a personal favorite of mine. Andy, you are the author of more than 25 books that have been translated into more than 40 languages, tons of New York times, best sellers, including one of my favorite, The Traveler's Gift, which was named one of the five books you must read in your lifetime by ABC's good morning, America you've been a consultant to fortune 500 companies. Like I said, one of my favorite authors, I think you are one of the foremost authorities on mindset and just a Sage when it comes to the topic of discussing perspective. So welcome to the podcast. How are you?

00:01:50
Andy
Buddy! Thank you. It's just an honor to be here where you donate Dominique. I appreciate you having me. Yeah. Yeah.

00:01:57
Dominique
That's great. This power of perspective subject. I know that you are. If I want to talk to anybody, if I had my wishlist, you would be the person that I want to delve into this subject with. But, before we get started, let me ask you, are you excited to see a new year? What do you do, anything special? when the calendar turns, like what, at this stage in your career, what do you do? Anything? Anything like that?

00:02:22
Andy
Dude? Right now, I am not as excited to see the new year as I am glad to be out of the old one. I mean, like if 2020 was a hula hoop, it had been made out of barbed wire. I mean, it was just unbelievable. And, and so, I'm glad to be doing anything different. So, yeah, I, I, I make plans and I, I grabbed h...